President's Day vacation, sleeping in and cookies - what could be more perfect? I scoured my shelf for a book and decided on Sweets for Saints & Sinners, an ominous title for a cookbook.
I decided on a cookie and my assistances nodded with approval. One element we found missing from the original recipe, chocolate. Really is there such a thing as English Toffee without chocolate?
English Toffee Cookies
from Janice Feuer & Veronica di Rosa's
Sweets for Saints & Sinners- Desserts & Other Delectable Recipes
adapted
1/2 lb unsalted butter room temperture
2/3 cup firmly packed brown sugar
1/3 cup granulated white sugar
1 egg separated at room temperature
2 cups all purpose flour
1t ground cinnamon
1/3 cup or more toasted almonds sliced or cut
1/3 cup or more semi sweet chocolate chips
~ preheat oven 350
~ line a baking sheet (11" x 16") with parchment paper and butter with bits from butter wrapper
~ cream butter and sugars until smooth
~ add yolk and mix thoughtly
~ mix in cinnamon and flour until just incorperated
~ dump dough onto prepared sheet
~ press dough into shape, apply light sprinkling of granulated sugar to hands if too sticky
~ lightly beat the egg white
~ brush some of the egg white to cover surface of dough
~ sprinkle dough with almonds and chocolate chips
~ place in oven 15 - 20 minutes until browned on top
~ after 5 minutes of baking open oven and spread melted chips across dough, if you would like
~ remove from oven and cut while hot into diamond shapes while hot (ha ha that is what the recipe says - We used a pizza cutter and it got all mucked up so ours were a variety of shapes and sizes)
Fabulous with a tall glass of milk
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